Cry, the Beloved Country
1951, Film, 103 min, Drama, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 65
Filmed in Africa...Where It Was Lived!
In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a criminal. Reverend Misimangu is a young South African clergyman who helps find his missing son-turned-thief and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg.
Directed by Zoltan Korda
Cast
- Canada Lee as Reverend Stephen Kumalo
- Sidney Poitier as Reverend Msimangu
- Charles Carson as James Jarvis
- Joyce Carey as Margaret Jarvis
- Geoffrey Keen as Father Vincent
- Vivien Clinton as Mary
- Michael Goodliffe as Martens
- Albertina Temba as Mrs. Kumalo
- Edric Connor as John Kumalo
- Lionel Ngakane as Absolom Kumalo
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